Grace Schacterle
Trapped
December 2021
Steel, Chicken wire, Air dry clay, Red twine, Shoe polish
3 x 2 x 3 ft
Trapped is a sculpture that I have been planning for a while, but just couldn’t figure out until now. It is about the feeling of being trapped in a broken, abusive home. Unfortunately, many people under 18 years old feel this way in their homes. I wanted to create the house out of steel to represent the stability that the person wishes their real home had, as well as how difficult it is to break through steel, or metaphorically, get out of that living situation. I suspended the figure in the middle to emphasize the feeling of being stuck with no where to go. And I made the figure in a way where the chicken wire structure was showing through to show that fragility and brokenness that the person feels. Lastly, I decided to put the jumbled up twine on the outside of the house to show that there is a way out and there is hope, even if it may be difficult to untangle themselves from that situation.
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